Improvement in instruments for dosing animals



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Letters Patent No. 100,967, dated March 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN INSTRUMENTS FOR DOSING- ANIMALS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom Iit may concern:

Be it known that I, Osonnn BARKER, of the city 0f Brooklyn, in 'the county of Kings and State -of New York, have invented a new and improved Medciue Instrument for Dosing Horses and other Anithe accompanying drawing making a part of this speciiication, which is an elevation thereof. It has a reservoir for holding the dose toy be adm'in'istered,`and its bottom, a,is flat, so that/twm'ay stan'dmtlieon. The

The upper part is 'contracted into along'ueck, which is bent-'at nearly right angles to the body of the in strument, and the month or discharge-opening is made long and sloping, as shown at b", forthereason that it will enter the mouth of the'animal more readily.

The neck is bent over from o1 1e side of the body of thewinstrument, ieavi-tleeessfas'"showx at c, which admits of the neck being"th1"ust further into the mouth of the animal.

On the bend of the neck is placed a slideJ valve, ll, of suible construction, for the 'purpose' of introducing'the medicine into the bottle or'l instrument. It can also be used as an air-vent to facilitate the flow of the medicine into the stomach of' the animal.

They can be made of any suitable material, such as zinc or other metals, horn, India rubber, 85e.

lo use my invention, take' the tongue of the animal toward you, introduce the neck intothefanimals mouth, and discharge the contentsofhe instrument directly into the stomach.

\Vliat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ist Agbottle with-ametals-bent` as shown, and furnished with avalve, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

OSBORNE BAKKER.

Witnesses:

F. G. Pannen, Jeuxv R. Muns'rox. 

